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Service bulletin VSS19990020

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id607989
Published by NHTSA1999-10-26
Manufacturer's numberVSS19990020
Manufacturer's date1999-10-05
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING REQUEST FOR CUSTOMER COMPLAINT VEHICLES WHICH HAVE A FRONT BRAKE SQUEAK / SQUEAL NOISE COMPLAINT. *TT

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Brakes

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET CAVALIER1997, 1998, 1999
PONTIAC SUNFIRE1997, 1998, 1999

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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